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Rarely a day goes by without news of a new local enterprise partnership (LEP) being announced. To date most of the focus has been on how the regions are going to be divvied up with particular interest in the future of the northeast and the southwest English regions.
Posted on Wednesday, 1st September 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
I remember watching a Western series when I was a boy called “Branded” which started with an officer being ceremonially stripped of his badges of rank, and thrown out of the US Army. The image came to mind as I started writing because I may well get cashiered out of the IED for suggesting this, and formally stripped of my Fellowship.
Posted on Tuesday, 24th August 2010 | This entry has 2 comment(s)
With Bura going into voluntary liquidation, where does the regeneration sector go next?
Posted on Monday, 23rd August 2010 | This entry has 13 comment(s)
Affordable homes, HCA cuts, Right to Build, zero carbon - do we need a 'new economy of housing'?
Posted on Friday, 20th August 2010 | This entry has 2 comment(s)
Making a success of LEPs – summary of evidence to the parliamentary inquiry
Posted on Thursday, 19th August 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
With the cuts and reductions in the amounts of resource available to local enterprise agencies, community group networks, other local infrastructure bodies, etc; we’re seeing the amount of support available to start-up groups, enterprises (both social and private), charities and so on rapidly diminishing...
Posted on Wednesday, 18th August 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
The economic realities of rising energy prices and limited fossil fuel resources, the moral imperative for sharing the Earth’s resources equitably as well as sustainably, and the growing evidence base for climate change from greenhouse gases are all making the growth in microgeneration an unstoppable trend with substantial business benefits.
Posted on Monday, 16th August 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
People are not, as some new-think politicians seem to believe, micro-economic units standing alone, without dependency on or reference to others. Almost all of us are connected in our day-to-day lives with family members, neighbours, friends, classmates and in numerous other ways as well.
Posted on Friday, 13th August 2010 | This entry has 1 comment(s)
The Big Society is all about taking action at a local level. Citizens are being urged by the coalition government to take more responsibility for their communities, not to wait for the state to act on their behalf.
Posted on Tuesday, 10th August 2010 | This entry has 0 comment(s)
One of the common accusations thrown at social media is that, while we may know what people we’ve never met ate for breakfast, we no longer have the time – or inclination - to chew the fat with people who live within a few feet of us.
Posted on Thursday, 5th August 2010 | This entry has 1 comment(s)
Here’s some more information about the passing of Bura from chair Jackie Sadek:
Rosie Niven on 2nd September 2010:
Life after Bura
I worked in “regeneration” 1996 to 2009. My last job in this sector was for University College London and was in the built environment. I remember, very suddenly after starting that job in 2007, suddenly seeing BURA at almost every turn; the organisation was exceptionally well represented in this field. …
daniel gilbert on 31st August 2010:
Life after Bura
Grateful for all the supportive comments about BURA and about the need for some continuing action, particularly on the awards. All ideas and offers of help and involvement are very welcome. We are determined not to lose the accumulated knowledge and connections. Watch this space
Paul Evans
(former?) Vice …
Paul Evans on 26th August 2010:
Life after Bura
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